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A MAN has appeared in court charged with harassing actress Keira Knightley. Marek Daniluk, 41, a Polish national, of Godolphin Close, Enfield, appeared before magistrates in Westminster who set a trial date for June 4. He was arrested on Thursday outside the Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, London where Knightley, 24, is currently appearing in …

Lizzy Parks escaped rainy London for the far sunnier climes of Cannes but the singer, who specialises in jazzy, soul-tinged tunes, is heading back to England to promote her latest album, This and That, with a gig at Chiswicka s George IV.

By Dipankar De Sarkar, London, Feb 7 : The Mayor of London, the city where Indian business establishments occupy a pride of place, has been accused of closing down his business facilitation offices in New Delhi and Mumbai through the “back door.” Mayor Boris Johnson, a leading light in Britain’s opposition Conservative Party, has told London’s …

Sir John Dankworth, one of the base notes of the London jazz scene, has gone to the great jazz club in the sky .

Nelson Mandela arrives at the InterContinental Hotel on June 26, 2008 in London, England.

Simon Brickles and Stephen Hazell-Smith, the duo that for the past five years have run Plus Markets, the former Ofex and main rival stock exchange to AIM, are stepping aside to make way for new blood.

Mining stocks were buoying London shares today after bullish words about future global demand for commodities from Mick Davis, chief executive of Xstrata, and better than expected profits from Randgold Resources, the gold miner.

Toyota’s imminent global recall of the Prius over problems with the brakes could be expanded to cover a flagship model from the high-end Lexus range, say sources.

Xstrata, the Anglo-Swiss mining group, returned to the dividend today saying it was encouraged by the prospects of recovering demand from China, where slowdown last year led to a 41 per cent drop in annual profits.

John Thain, the former head of Merrill Lynch, has been appointed chairman and chief executive of CIT Group, the troubled US commercial lender, on a cash-and-shares package worth up to $7.5 million ($£4.8 million).